Bob Martin, Author at Review

I Love Other Peoples Birthday Parties

by Bob Martin | Dec 19, 2011 | Art, Concerts, Live Performance, music

Dan Hicks will be celebrating his 70th birthday Friday, April 6, 8:00pm

(SF Jazz 2012)

with a reunion of the Hot Licks band and promising special guest joining in. I love when the artist preforms for his/her on celebration.

On April 19th, Anoushka Shankar will be at the Herbst Theatre celebrating being exceptional.

There is so much more music happening every year, throughout the year with the SFJazz series. San Francisco is a fun place. If you are traveling to the Bay area between February and late June of next year and you love live music in great settings, check out SF Jazz

Yolande Moreau as Séraphine

by Bob Martin | Dec 14, 2011 | Actors, Art, Film

Yolande Moreau

There are actors who are able to lend their body and face to the character they are portraying. Yolande Moreau does just that for me in Séraphine a little gem of a movie about “Séraphine de Senlis” (Séraphine Louis).

Moreau is so compelling that I found myself understanding her many challenges as if they were my own, struggling to fit, what is called the normal world, into the abstraction of her mind.

For most people being fully understood and understanding others is difficult, for an artist it may be many times more difficult.

Once more, Séraphine is a beautiful small film.

In Time For The Holidays

by Bob Martin | Dec 5, 2011 | Art, Books, sculptures

Burton Silverman at Hofstra University Museum

by Bob Martin | Dec 2, 2011 | Art, Artist, Exhibits

Burton Silverman is an 83 year old artist whose work, for me, is still vibrant and authentic. There is a gracefulness in his work that I don’t generally find in most realistic paintings. If you have not seen his paintings before, visit the Hofstra University Museum.

This exhibit will be up until December 16, 2011